MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
UNIT OF WORK
UNIT OF STUDY: Government
Multiple
Intelligences
Verbal
I enjoy reading, writing
& speaking
Mathematical
I enjoy working with
numbers & science
Visual
I enjoy painting drawing
& visualising
Kinaesthetic
I enjoy doing hands-on
activities
Musical
I enjoy making &
listening to music
Interpersonal
I enjoy working with
others
Intrapersonal
I enjoy working by
myself
Barham PS
YEAR LEVEL: Stage 3
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
Knowing
Understanding
Applying
Analysing
Creating
Evaluating
List as many people in
Federal parliament as
you can and identify
their position
Prepare a three minute
talk on the three levels of
government in Australia
Design a poster for a
political party. Use digital
camera for photos
Write a letter to your local
member of parliament
about an issue in the
community
Create a new political party
with its own platform
Review different
government systems in the
world
Find out the number of
government and
opposition members in
each of the houses of
parliament
Make an illustrated
time of Austr alian
PM’s from federation
until nowe
Make a flow chart of how
an election works
Examine why Australia
needed to become a
Federation
Conduct a PMI on the
establishment of a
federation
Devise a new law that needs
to go through parliament
Justify why a law should be
changed
Show how state borders
have changed fron the
early 1800’ to the time of
federation
Draw your design for a new
parliament house
Use a Venn Diagram to
compare the upper and
lower houses
Create a pamphlet for your
new party or prepare a
powerpoint presentation
about your party
Prepare guidelines to
evaluate Australia’s
constitution
Debate the law you
wish to introduce
Role play different roles
in Parliament
Run an election
Teach other students how
an election works
Present your candidates
speech
Offer feedback to
candidates regarding their
speech (De Bono’s thinking
hats)
Learn some past jingles
of political parties
Analyse what the political
parties were trying to say
Select music for your
political party
Make up a jingle for your
party in groups
Write a house of reps rap
and a senate rap
Perform your rap
Choose a state and
outline the arguments
for or against federation
Determine issues that you
think are important for
your party
In a group outline the
policies of your party
Describe how you
would feel if you were
prime minister
Visualise you are in
parliament Y Chart
Explain how you feel about
living in a democracy
Mind map all the things
you have learned about
government
Predict what will happen if
Australia becomes a
republic
Carry out a SWOT analysis
on our current system of
government